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The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.


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HENRY LOUIS MENCKEN Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception.
GEORGE ORWELL It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON France is an absolute monarchy, tempered by ballads. [Fr., La France est une monarchie absolue, te...
UNKNOWN Forgiveness is not an occasional act: it is an attitude.
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VOLTAIRE (FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET VOLTAIRE) After all, is our idea of God anything more than personified incomprehensibility?

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WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.
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IRA KAY This Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the people.
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